It’s taken far too long to post this up and the last four problems remain unfinished. That said, I want to get more of the solutions I’ve worked written up and I shouldn’t have waited this long in the first place. With any luck Section 2.2 will follow within a week. I’m around half done [...]
So, I’ve been trying to do this self-study thing for 30 weeks. I probably should’ve stepped back to evaluate my progress before now but I’ve allowed myself to be distracted with other things. You know, moving out, working my first full-time job, learning how to cook, clean and take care myself. That’s no excuse though. [...]
So, I’ve finally gotten around to cleaning up SICP Section 1.3. It’s not quite done but it’s damn close. For now, I want to start posting some of the HTDP code I’ve been writing to get back in the hacking habit over the past few days. I also have some of Concrete Abstractions done and [...]
Admittedly, the title of this post is a misnomer. I’m no adult yet. I am trying my damnedest to keep this house running smoothly though. As of today I think we’re up on all the utilities and I’ve got a Static IP here with AT&T so I can move my server at some point. Work’s [...]
At long last, I’m through Chapter 1 of SICP. I’m a bit disappointed that Closures haven’t been covered yet but they’re in the first few pages of Chapter 2 and I’ve already got a few problems solved. As a matter of fact, I finished Chapter 1 last Wednesday it just takes time to get these [...]
I finally finished SICP Section 1.2 last night. I’m tremendously excited because this means that next week I can start tackling Higher Order Functions and (I hope) Closures. At any rate, here is the last month’s work:
A little over two weeks ago I came up against Exercise 1.12 in the venerable Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. The exercise wants you to write a recursive program to compute elements of Pascal’s Triangle. This exercise has pretty much infuriated me and it’s all my own fault. Upon first hearing the problem statement [...]
and I find the resources to read. This SICP studying is harder than I ever could have imagined. I have done approximately nothing in my math, putting me about two weeks behind tomorrow. My focus has been entirely on SICP. SICP, I’m only a few days behind on thankfully. It’s really hard stuff. And as [...]
Today was not the easiest day. It wasn’t terrible either. The news was decidedly mixed. And it’s not about Dad though if you’re wondering he’s doing well. He’s undergone chemo and lost most of his hair but he’s generally upbeat and energetic. Two things have been wearing on me today and the first is work-related. [...]
Well, I said I would do this and I meant it. These entries will be a bit lengthy. I feel a little pain for any feeds I’m aggregated on. So, in the interest of not driving you all mad, these weekly semester updates will be behind a cut.